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NOBLEMEN from Denmark

This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Noblemen. The pantheon dataset contains 842 Noblemen, 25 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 8th most number of Noblemen behind Russia and Spain.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Danish Noblemen of all time. This list of famous Danish Noblemen is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Danish Noblemen.

1. Margrethe II of Denmark (1940 - )

With an HPI of 79.66, Margrethe II of Denmark is the most famous Danish Nobleman. Her biography has been translated into 90 different languages on wikipedia.

Margrethe II (Danish: [mɑˈkʁeˀtə]; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is Queen of Denmark. Having reigned as Denmark's monarch for over 50 years, she is Europe's longest-serving current head of state. As of 2023, she is also the world's only queen regnant. Born into the House of Glücksburg, a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg, Margrethe is the eldest child of Frederick IX of Denmark and Ingrid of Sweden. She became heir presumptive to her father in 1953, when a constitutional amendment allowed women to inherit the throne. Margrethe succeeded her father upon his death on 14 January 1972. On her accession, she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margrethe I, ruler of the Scandinavian kingdoms in 1376–1412 during the Kalmar Union. In 1967, she married Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, with whom she had two sons: Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim. Margrethe is known for her strong archaeological passion and has participated in several excavations, including in Italy, Egypt, Denmark and South America. She shared this interest with her grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, with whom she spent some time unearthing artefacts near Etruria in 1962.As of 2023, Margrethe has, as sovereign, received 42 official state visits and she has undertaken 55 foreign state visits herself. She and the royal family have made several other foreign visits. Support for the monarchy in Denmark has been and remains consistently high at around 82%, as does Margrethe's personal popularity.

2. Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850 - 891)

With an HPI of 67.54, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye is the 2nd most famous Danish Nobleman. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) or Sigurd Áslaugsson was a semi-legendary Viking warrior and Danish king active from the mid to late 9th century. According to multiple saga sources and Scandinavian histories from the 12th century and later, he is one of the sons of the legendary Viking Ragnar Lodbrok and Áslaug. His historical prototype might have been the Danish King Sigfred who ruled briefly in the 870s. Norwegian kings' genealogies of the Middle Ages name him as an ancestor of Harald Fairhair and used his mother's supposed ancestry the Völsung to create an ancestry between Harald and his descendants and Odin.

3. Christina of Denmark (1521 - 1590)

With an HPI of 64.76, Christina of Denmark is the 3rd most famous Danish Nobleman. Her biography has been translated into 35 different languages.

Christina of Denmark (Danish: Christine af Danmark; November 1521 – 10 December 1590) was a Danish princess, the younger surviving daughter of King Christian II of Denmark and Norway and Isabella of Austria. By her two marriages, she became Duchess of Milan, then Duchess of Lorraine. She served as the regent of Lorraine from 1545 to 1552 during the minority of her son. She was also a claimant to the thrones of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in 1561–1590. Finally, she was sovereign Lady of Tortona in 1578–1584.

4. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878 - 1958)

With an HPI of 61.73, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark is the 4th most famous Danish Nobleman. Her biography has been translated into 30 different languages.

Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke Louise; 2 August 1878 – 12 March 1958), was a Princess of Sweden by marriage to Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland. She was the daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark, and the maternal grandmother of Harald V of Norway, Baudouin and Albert II of Belgium, the matrilineal great grandmother of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, the paternal grand-aunt of Margrethe II of Denmark, and the great-grand-aunt by marriage of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

5. Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (1968 - )

With an HPI of 60.70, Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark is the 5th most famous Danish Nobleman. His biography has been translated into 48 different languages.

Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, (Frederik André Henrik Christian; born 26 May 1968) is the heir apparent to the Danish throne. He is the elder son of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik.

6. Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789 - 1864)

With an HPI of 59.67, Princess Charlotte of Denmark is the 6th most famous Danish Nobleman. Her biography has been translated into 28 different languages.

Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark (Danish: Charlotte af Danmark; 30 October 1789 – 28 March 1864) was a Danish princess, and a princess of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to Prince William of Hesse-Kassel. Princess Charlotte was a significant figure in her time. She was one of the leading ladies in the country, and when her brother Christian VIII became king in 1839, she was close to the throne. She played an important role in the succession crisis in Denmark in the first half of the 19th century.

7. Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1814 - 1895)

With an HPI of 57.17, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel is the 7th most famous Danish Nobleman. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (9 May 1814 – 28 July 1895) was a member of the House of Hesse-Kassel by birth. Through her marriage to Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, she became a princess of Anhalt-Dessau.

8. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1829 - 1880)

With an HPI of 56.90, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein is the 8th most famous Danish Nobleman. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (Danish: Frederik Christian August af Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Augustenborg; German: Friedrich Christian August Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg; July 6, 1829 – January 14, 1880) was the German pretender to the throne of second duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1863, although in reality Prussia took overlordship and real administrative power.

9. Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969 - )

With an HPI of 56.65, Prince Joachim of Denmark is the 9th most famous Danish Nobleman. His biography has been translated into 36 different languages.

Prince Joachim of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, (Danish pronunciation: [ˈjoːæˌkʰim]; Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian; born 7 June 1969) is a member of the Danish royal family. The younger son of Queen Margrethe II, he is sixth in the line of succession to the Danish throne, following his elder brother, Crown Prince Frederik and his four children.

10. Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine (1520 - 1580)

With an HPI of 56.05, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine is the 10th most famous Danish Nobleman. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Dorothea of Denmark and Norway (10 November 1520 – 31 May 1580) was a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish princess and an electress of the Palatinate as the wife of Elector Frederick II of the Palatinate. She was a claimant to the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish thrones and titular monarch in 1559–1561.